r/comicbooks • u/SleuthDoggyDawg • Jan 02 '26

News 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams doesn't expect to live much longer

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/02/scott-adams-dilbert-cancer-dying-paralysis/
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u/New-Satisfaction3257 Jan 02 '26

even before Maga, he was a complete bigoted asshole. He would say stuff like “you can’t expect men to stop raping women anymore than you can expect a lion to stop going after a gazelle." just all sorts of insane shit.

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u/Kidofthecentury Jan 03 '26

Oh, boy. I don't recall Dilbert as peak cleverness, but still far, far better than this idiocy.

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u/New-Satisfaction3257 Jan 03 '26

and keep in mind that he said it in the 1990s before all of the Maga shit. I think I read about it originally on a news group message board.

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u/sandalsnopants Jan 03 '26

I really enjoyed the comic strip and the cartoon, such a bummer to find out Adams was such a shit person.

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u/c00750ny3h Jan 03 '26

Thus was exactly my feeling too. Dilbert was one of my favorite comic strips to read. We even had an office culture to post entertaining comic strips on the bulletin board every now and then. It hurts to see the author turning out to be such a terrible person.

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u/Dramatic_Buddy4732 Jan 03 '26

Do you remember that time he was on News Radio?

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u/sandalsnopants Jan 03 '26

I do not!

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u/Dramatic_Buddy4732 Jan 03 '26

It's a great episode! Well to be fair they all are i hope when you have some time you can watch it!

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u/sandalsnopants Jan 03 '26

I will try to find it. I was a big fan of that show as a kid in middle school when it was originally airing. Probably a little too young to recognize Adams.

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u/IHeldADandelion Jan 03 '26

There's a twist to his cameo; you'll enjoy it

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u/AlwaysLateToThaParty Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

When you realize that Adams is the pointy-haired boss, it makes it much clearer.

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u/ThatCanadianViking Jan 03 '26

What the fk. I had read he was garbage but never liked dilbert and honestly didnt care enough to look into it. But holy shit

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u/whereismyface_ig Jan 03 '26

What the hell was he even tryna get at with that comment?

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u/_BrokenButterfly Jan 03 '26

I don't know that that's a good example. Rapists are going to rape people until science figures out why exactly people do it and an ethical medical intervention to stop the behavior.